幸
trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit; variant of 幸[xing4]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,541 U+5E78
How 幸 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two men, one alive 土 and one dead 干; the living one is lucky
How to remember it
good fortune · Heisig RSH #1191
辛 peppery
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 幸 as their sound component
These characters all use 幸 (xìng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幸 sound component | xìng | favor, fortune, luck; surname |
| 圉 | yǔ | stable, fence, corral; frontier, border |
| 悻 | xìng | anger, frustration |
Words containing 幸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三生有幸 | sān shēng yǒu xìng | the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom); (courteous language) it's my good fortune... |
| 不幸之事 | bù xìng zhī shì | mishap |
| 不幸言中 | bù xìng yán zhòng | to turn out just as one predicted or feared |
| 幸运儿 | xìng yùn ér | winner; lucky guy; person who always gets good breaks |
| 幸运曲奇 | xìng yùn qū qí | fortune cookie |
| 幸福学 | xìng fú xué | eudemonics; hedonomics |
| 幸运信 | xìng yùn xìn | chain letter |
| 幸运饼干 | xìng yùn bǐng gān | fortune cookie |
| 不幸 | bù xìng | misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 幸存者 | xìng cún zhě | survivor |
| 天幸 | tiān xìng | providential good luck; a narrow escape |
| 有幸 | yǒu xìng | fortunately |
| 不幸之幸 | bù xìng zhī xìng | a fortune in misfortune; a positive in the negative |
| 幸会 | xìng huì | nice to meet you |
| 幸事 | xìng shì | sth fortunate; a lucky chance |
| 幸运 | xìng yùn | fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck |
| 幸好 | xìng hǎo | fortunately |
| 幸而 | xìng ér | by good fortune; luckily |
| 幸进 | xìng jìn | to get through by luck; to be promoted by a fluke |
| 所幸 | suǒ xìng | fortunately (formal writing) |